These Small Glories

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Short story collection by Australian author Jon Cleary

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These Small Glories
First edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Language	English
Genre	short stories
Publisher	Angus and Robertson
Publication date	1946
Publication place	Australia

These Small Glories was a collection of short stories by Australian author Jon Cleary which was published in 1946.^[1]

The stories were set during World War II, during which Cleary had served in the Australian army.^[2]

"A Long Time Dying"
"Good-bye, My Darling"
"Miss England"
"Journey for Revenge"
"You Gotta be Modest"
"Reunion"
"Homecoming"
"The Magnificent Czech"
"The Convert"
"Debut"

Background

In 1940 Cleary joined the A.I.F. and served in the Middle East. While in the Middle East he began writing a series of short stories, founded mostly on fact, which were published in Australian magazines. His short stories were accepted' in American magazines like "The Cosmopolitan" and "The Saturday Evening Post." He later joined the Army Military History Unit and served in New Guinea, where he wrote his first novel You Can't See Round Corners.^[3]

Reception

The Age book reviewer said since Cleary "finds the love between some of the men and women as fine as the self sacrifice of others, and has so much craftsmanship that he is able to give dramatic glory to stories that might have been harrowing, he will bring to his readers realisation of what the people of the fighting services have done."^[4]

The Advertiser said "Mr. Cleary's writing is spare and polished; he shows himself a really good craftsman."^[5]

The Newcastle Herald said "Cleary's prose is economical and rhythmical-crisp, at times, without becoming staccato. He has an eye for colour and detail."^[6]

The Sydney Morning Herald said "Like so many books which reach a reviewer these days, the praises of the dust jacket far outstrip the qualities of the stories" but said "Cleary's tales are pleasantly easy to read. He is not yet a Dal Stivens or a Cecil Mann; but then again he has written better stories than those presented here. He has a flair for characterisation."^[7]

The Bulletin said "Essentially both readable and likeable, with humor, color and a true appreciation of the heroic, Mr. Cleary is spoiling his writing by a succession of tiny lapses enfeebling the impact of the whole."^[8]

References

↑ "These Small Glories by Jon Cleary". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
↑ ""Small Glories" of Middle East". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 21, 752. New South Wales, Australia. 22 June 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "CLEARY HEARD NEWS IN LONDON". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 014. New South Wales, Australia. 28 December 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Three New Novels". The Age. No. 28, 449. Victoria, Australia. 29 June 1946. p. 28. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Latest Fiction". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 89, no. 27391. South Australia. 20 July 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ ""Small Glories" of Middle East". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 22 June 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Trove.
↑ "New Fiction". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Trove.
↑ "The Red Page ADVENTURE AND ANATOMY". The Bulletin. 10 July 1946. p. 2.

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	These Small Glories (1946) (short stories) You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)
1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959) Strike Me Lucky (1959)
1960s	North from Thursday (1960) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1965) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)
1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) Peter's Pence (1974) The Safe House (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)
1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)
2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films

Dust in the Sun (1958)
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
The Sundowners (1960)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Sidecar Racers (1975)
Scobie Malone (1975)
High Road to China (1983)

Knife in the Family (1957)
Bus Stop (1961) (2 eps)
You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967)
Spearfield's Daughter (1986)

Radio

Safe Horizon (1945)
The Sundowners (1953)
The Climate of Courage (1956)

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